Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot (4 - 10 Sep 2018)

JAPAN DPR KOREA Neutral Watch As of 5 September, 11 people in Watch As of 7 September, more than four prefectures in Kansai (Osaka, Alert 10,600 people remain displaced Alert Shiga, Aichi, Mie) are known to MONGOLIA from their homes following days of El Niño have died and approximately 470 people heavy rain and flash floods at the end of in 28 prefectures were injured after DPR KOREA August. During this period, more than half La Niña Typhoon Jebi struck Japan on 4 Pyongyang of DPR Korea’s annual rainfall was JAPAN September. Over 1,700 houses/buildings RO KOREA recorded in just 24 hours. At least 76 Kabul CHINA LA NIÑA/EL NIÑO LEVEL Islamabad Kobe are confirmed to have been partially or Source: Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology people are confirmed to have died and entirely destroyed in 24 prefectures, most AFGHANISTAN BHUTAN many hundreds more are injured or of which are in Kansai region. The missing. Numbers are expected to rise as PAKISTAN NEPAL Jebi Typhoon resulted in more than 8,000 further assessments are conducted. people being temporarily displaced, and MYANMAR PACIFIC Thousands of houses in North and South left 310,000 households without power. INDIA VIET Hwanghae were damaged or completely NAM OCEAN destroyed by the flood waters, and people BANGLADESH have reportedly lost all their personal LAO Northern Mariana On 6 September, a 6.7M PDR belongings. Public buildings, Yangon Islands (US) earthquake hit the Iburi region, in THAILAND South kindergartens and infrastructure such as the south-west of Hokkaido. No China Bay of Bangkok Guam (US) railways, roads and bridges have also CAMBODIA Sea tsunami warning was issued. As a result Bengal been destroyed, leaving many areas of the earthquake, 39 people are known inaccessible.3 to have died, and almost 700 have been PALAU FEDERATED MARSHALL BRUNEI injured. Although the search and rescue DARUSSALAM STATES OF ISLANDS SRI LANKA MICRONESIA people remain displaced phase is now over, approximately 400 MALAYSIA 10,600 personnel are still on the ground. In MALDIVES SINGAPORE KIRIBATI Atsuma-cho, near the epicentre, large-scale landslides were reported. As NAURU of 10 September, 2,500 people are in 76 INDIAN INDONESIA As of 9 September, more than temporary evacuation centers. Power has OCEAN 2,000 hot spots have been been restored to 99% of households in Jakarta SOLOMON PAPUA NEW ISLANDS reported throughout Indonesia. The PRECIPITATION FORECAST GUINEA Hokkaido and access to tap water to over TIMOR-LESTE TUVALU TOKELAUhighest number of hotspots have been in 1 97% of households. The latest precipitation forecasts for the West Kalimantan, followed by Papua. On Aug-Sep-Oct season predicts above normal VANUATU 7 September,SAMOA Central Java Provincial rainfall for PNG, Solomon Island and Sri 39 people dead FIJI Disaster Management Agency reported Lanka. Meanwhile, most of southeast Asia are Suva forest fires in Mount Sindoro. The local likely to receive below average rainfall, as is government and FRENCHstate-owned POLYNESIA forestry Japan, Fiji, Vanuatu, Australia, and Kiribati. NIUE PHILIPPINES company, Perhutani Public Corporation, NEW TONGA COOK ISLANDS CALEDONIA are jointly working to extinguish the fires.4 Source: IRI, Columbia University. Aug 2018 AUSTRALIA On 8 September, a 6.4M PITCAIRN earthquake hit the province of Above normal Davao Oriental at 15:16 (local time), at a depth of 28 kilometers. The Normal tremor was felt in varying intensities in the major cities of Davao, Mati, , Below normal General Santos and . At least NEW ZEALAND five aftershocks have been reported since the initial earthquake struck. No injuries or deaths have been reported. Minor damage to buildings has been noted.2

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The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations Creation date: 10 September 2018 Sources: 1.Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA), Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) 2.The Davao Oriental DRRMC, OCHA Philippines 3. Government, RCO 4.BMKG | Feedback: [email protected] www.unocha.org/roap